Einstein's Unfinished Dream: Marrying Relativity to the Quantum World
On the centennial of the theory of general relativity, senior Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln reflects on Einstein's quest to understand the quantum world
Has Giant LIGO Experiment Seen Gravitational Waves?
An improbable rumor has started that the observatory has already made a discovery — but even if true, the signal could be a drill
100 Years of General Relativity: Scientific American Special Issue
Just How Resilient Is Spacetime?
A hundred years on, and the implications of Einstein's general relativity still surprise and delight
100 Years of Great Physics: Watch Live Monday and Tuesday [Video]
General relativity and Noether’s theorem take center stage in two live Web broadcasts this week
Building an Earth-Size Telescope, One Station at a Time
Imagine a trio of aerobatic aircraft. Over the years they've gotten very good at their routine. But they want to add another five or six or seven members.
New Dark Matter Map Confirms Current Theories
The American Physical Society is holding its annual April Meeting at the moment in Baltimore, Maryland, and one of the highlights, research-wise, comes to us courtesy of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration.
Was I Wrong about “The End of Science”?
One of the coolest—and most stressful–moments of my career took place November 7, 1996, when I was a staff writer for Scientific American.
What Are Black Hole Firewalls? [VIDEO]
Black holes break theories. These sites of extremely large masses in extremely small spaces invoke both of the behemoths of modern physics—general relativity (which rules over large masses) and quantum mechanics (which reigns in small spaces).
The Big Bang Theory's Showrunner Talks Science
The March 12 episode features a mock issue of Scientific American
Hunting Black Holes at the South Pole
Each of the telescopes that the astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) are currently working to bring into their black-hole-observing, planet-size array is a special case.
Best Actor Eddie Redmayne on Portraying Stephen Hawking (Q&A)
Last night at the 87th Academy Awards, Eddie Redmayne won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.